Export maps

You can export your map (or in some cases just the selected topics) to a variety of other formats. You can also create Mindjet Player standalone interactive maps.

You can export your map using the commands found on the File tab's Export dialog or by choosing a format in the Save As dialog Save as type list.

Which export option do you want to use?

Export options

 

Export as PDF

 

Static image or text outline in the Adobe Acrobat PDF document format. Topics are displayed as shown (expanded or collapsed), and topics hidden by a filter are not included.

Export a Mindjet Player file (PDF or SWF)

Interactive Mindjet Player file in PDF or SWF format. Topics can be expanded or collapsed by the person viewing the file, but topics hidden by a filter are not included.

Export as Image

Bitmap image in BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG with choice of color depth, size and resolution
Vector image in EMF or WMF formats

Pack and Go

ZIP file of .mmap files, with option to include linked maps and documents, and password protection

Export as Web Pages

Collection of HTML pages from a template or custom settings

Export to Microsoft Word
See Work with Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word document with choice of outline settings, map elements, Word template, link, graphics and header / footer options

Export slides as a Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation
See Work with Microsoft PowerPoint

Single slide or complete presentation with topics as an outline with bullet points, or as PowerPoint objects

Export Task Info to Microsoft Project
See Work with Microsoft Project

Microsoft Project file with choice of task and priority settings

 

Export a PDF file (static map image or text outline)

You can create a PDF from the Export menu, or by printing to the PDF X-Change print driver. Printing gives you access to more advanced PDF options through the printer Properties feature, and  lets you choose to export only the selected topic.

Export a PDF file

  1. Adjust the view of your map as you would like it to appear in the PDF by doing any of the following:

  1. Do one of the following:

  1. Choose a Save in location, enter the File name, then click Save.

Mindjet Catalyst - You can save the file to a workspace by clicking Save in Mindjet Catalyst, and then selecting a workspace.

  1. In the PDF Export Settings dialog, enter the PDF information and select the options you want to use for the file.

  2. Click OK.

The map or outline is exported to a document in PDF format. This file can be opened by the Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Print to a PDF file

You can also create a PDF file of your map or outline using the Print command. This method gives you access to more advanced PDF options through the printer Properties feature, and  lets you choose to export only the selected topic.

  1. Adjust the view of your map as you would like it to appear in the PDF by doing any of the following:

  2. Expand or collapse topics

  3. Hide topics you don't want included with a filter

  4. Show or hide map elements

  5. View the map in Outline View.

  1. Click the File tab, click Print, and then click Print.

  2. In the Print dialog, under Printer, choose PDF-XChange 3.0.

  3. Optional - Click Page Setup. Choose any page settings you want to use, and then click Print to return to the Print dialog.

  4. Remove the map background to speed the export. (Use the Background option to disable printing the background.)
  1. Click Properties to change the advanced PDF options. The Settings tab provides a wide range of options. For help with these options, click the About tab and then click Help.

  2. If you Print from the Map View, the map is printed. When you Print from Outline View, an outline is printed but it will contain "Click to buy NOW!" watermarks. See the PDF-XChange note, above.

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Export a Mindjet Player file

When you create a Mindjet Player file, MindManager exports the current map to a file in PDF or SWF format that can be viewed independently from MindManager. The exported map is self-contained and interactive: viewers can orient it, expand and collapse topics, read topic notes, search for text, and print selected topics or the entire map.

Mindjet Player does not support some map elements. You can exclude topics from the Player file by hiding them with a filter, but all other supported map elements are included, even if they are hidden.

  1. Do one of the following:

  1. Choose the location for the exported file, and enter its name.

  2. Notes:
    The PDF format file requires Adobe Reader to view. If you use another PDF viewer, it must support PDF's with embedded Flash content.

    You must be connected to the Internet to generate Mindjet Player files.

    Mindjet Player maps cannot be edited.

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Export the map as an image file

MindManager can export maps to various graphics formats:

BMP       GIF       JPEG       PNG       WMF       EMF

This command exports the entire map. If you only want an image of a part of the map you can copy topics then paste them as a bitmap in the target application.

  1. Click the File tab, click Export, and then click Export as Image.
     

  1. In the Save As Type list, click the image format you want to export.

  2. Choose a folder, enter the File name, then click Save.

Mindjet Catalyst
You can save the image to a workspace by clicking Save in Mindjet Catalyst, then selecting a workspace.

  1. An option dialog is shown where you can define the color resolution, transparency, and size for bitmap files.

Copy map or topics as a bitmap

In many applications you can paste your map, or selected topics, as a bitmap image:

  1. In MindManager, select the central topic (copies the whole map) or the topics you want to copy, and then press CTRL+C.

  2. Switch to the target application, then use the Paste Special command to paste the map or topics as a bitmap.

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Pack and Go

The Pack and Go command is used to add maps, and optionally, linked documents to a ZIP file. A Wizard guides you through the steps to package the maps. You can use this command to package a single map and its linked documents in Map View or for multiple maps in Linked Maps View. This makes it easy to move the map to a different location (for example, to a central location on your intranet, or to a different system if you are doing a presentation on a different computer).

These same steps are used to create an archive when using the Send feature to email a map or maps.

Package maps and documents

  1. Click the File tab, click Export, and then click Pack and Go.

  2. In the Linked Maps View, click the Pack and Go command.
  1. The Pack and Go wizard starts.

  1. When the packaging is complete, a message appears, and you can open the archive, open the target folder or close the wizard.

  2. If the packaged map includes hyperlinks to maps or documents and you include these in the archive, the links will not function unless you first extract the files from the archive.

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Export as Web pages

  1. Click the File tab, click Export, and then click  Export as Web Pages. The Save as Web Pages dialog appears and shows you a preview of a generic page using the current style.

  2. If you do not see Export as Web Pages on the Export tab, you need to enable the Save as Web Pages add-in in MindManager.
  1. Optional Click Select Template to choose a different look and feel for your pages.

  2. Optional  Click Customize to change the options for the export.

  3. Optional Choose an Export folder for your html files. Click Delete Folder if you want to remove an older version of this folder (e.g. from a previous export).

  4. Click Save.

The pages will be exported and you can display them immediately in your browser by clicking Open.

If you want to customize the output, MindManager offers an interface to many of the design parameters that are used by each template, for example you can enter your user info (email address, web site, etc.), include headers and footers, edit the navigation labels, and more.

For even further customization, you can edit the files that make up the template directly. Depending on what you want to change, this may require knowledge of the use of cascading style sheets (CSS) and HTML, and familiarity with MindManager macro files.

The Web page export information is saved with the map when it is saved. You can also save the customized web template for re-use on other maps.

Customize Web export ▼

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See also:

Use Map View

Use Outline View

Collapse and expand topics

Filter topics

Create a simple outline

Work with Microsoft  PowerPoint

Work with Microsoft Project

Work with Microsoft Word

Organize and modify Web templates